Tornado Warning 39, NWS Fort Worth, TX

Issued

May 9, 2015, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)

Expired

May 9, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Fort Worth, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Hail

3.0 in

County Eastland County, TX

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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630 
WFUS54 KFWD 092146
TORFWD
TXC133-092215-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0039.150509T2146Z-150509T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
446 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EASTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 446 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CISCO...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTLAND AROUND 515 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CARBON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 334 AND 343.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3228 9898 3233 9899 3238 9894 3243 9879
      3234 9875 3225 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 255DEG 12KT 3231 9897 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

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052 
WWUS54 KFWD 092158
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
458 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

TXC133-092215-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150509T2215Z/
EASTLAND TX-
458 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
EASTLAND COUNTY...
        
AT 457 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF  
CISCO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND THREE INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTLAND AROUND 515 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CARBON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 334 AND 343.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3228 9898 3233 9899 3238 9894 3243 9879
      3234 9875 3225 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 254DEG 13KT 3233 9890 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

STALLEY

892 
WWUS54 KFWD 092220
SVSFWD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
520 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

TXC133-092227-
/O.EXP.KFWD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150509T2215Z/
EASTLAND TX-
520 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL EASTLAND COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AT THIS TIME...THUS THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME. HOWEVER...A TORNADO 
COULD REDEVELOP WITHIN THE STORM AT ANY TIME. A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.

IN ADDITION...VERY LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING 
WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTLAND COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM.

LAT...LON 3228 9898 3233 9899 3238 9894 3243 9879
      3234 9875 3225 9876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 255DEG 12KT 3233 9890 

$$

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